Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI Fund) — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$10.0M Checks)
Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI Fund) is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, United States investing in AI / ML, Other, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$10.0M checks and has 21 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$10.0M
- Portfolio
- 21 companies on record
- Partners
- 8 listed
- AUM
- $1.2B
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- AI / ML, Other, SaaS
- HQ
- San Francisco, United States
Last verified: 2026-10-08
Pre-Seed, Seed
$500K – $10.0M
$1.2B
21+ companies
8 partners
Investment Thesis
Gradient invests at the pre-seed and seed stages in AI-focused companies, with current areas of focus including AI-native B2B software, AI agents, and the AI developer stack.
How Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI Fund) invests
Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI Fund) is a vc firm based in San Francisco, United States. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Other, SaaS.
Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI Fund) typically writes checks of $500K–$10.0M per investment, backed by approximately $1.2B in assets under management.
Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI Fund) has backed 21 companies in our records, including Labelbox, Algolia, Airspace Intelligence.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (21)
Other
Labelbox
Algolia
Airspace Intelligence
CentML
Clarify
Elsa
Gigs
Krea
Lambda
Mural
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Other, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $10.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jackie Eicholz, Public Relations Manager.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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